Document Builder from a report

John Littler
John Littler ✭✭✭✭
edited 06/14/22 in Add Ons and Integrations

I introduced document builder to my main intake sheet however when I go to generate a document from a report the fillable pdf. template I loaded is not there. The functionality to generate a document is active...do I have to load my template on every report? Any one else have this issue?

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  • Andrée Starå
    Andrée Starå ✭✭✭✭✭✭
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    Hi @John Littler

    Strange!

    I noticed it now, as well.

    If you haven’t already, I would recommend that you reach out to the Smartsheet Support Team.

    Let me know what you find out.

    I hope that helps!

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  • Amy G
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    @John Littler I noticed this same thing.

    I mapped the document again while in the report and now it shows up as a saved mapping on other rows in that report, even if I haven't created a mapping on that specific source sheet. The sheets are identical as they came from a template that was created prior to Document Builder being a feature.

    The saved mapping does not show up on that very same source sheet when accessing the Document Builder from the sheet itself. If you make a copy of a template sheet that has a saved mapping, the mapping is not available in the new sheet. I imagine the same for various reports.

    Also of note, I am not able to select the option to attach the generated document to the row it came from when generating documents from a report.

    For my purposes, these two limitations do not make this function worthwhile as I would have to either re-map the document for every sheet I want to use it on, or download all the created documents from the report in a zip file and attach them individually to each row in the report.

    If you came up with a work-around, I'd be curious to know.


    Thanks,

    Amy